Folding Butterflies

Print these paper patterns on regular white or colored paper. The outlined butterfly shapes for children can be useful for creating crochet, embroidery, latch-hook rugs, wood work, stencil and other personal art projects.

Materials to Have Available:

Plain or colored paper or colored foam sheets

Child-sized scissors

Colored markers or Crayola crayons

Glitter glue

foam sheets for soft ornaments.

Instructions:

Print the butter fly pattern on a regular sized piece of paper (or trace the design onto colored foam sheet) then paper fold in half along the dotted lines

Cut out the butterfly along the solid lines

Unfold the paper to view your butterfly

Decorate the butter fly with markers or crayons

Add lines and curves of glitter glue, and any other decorations such as confetti (or small cuttings of colored paper), small feathers,sequins, etc.